December 21 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
Heard at a meeting, “I brought my problems to Al-Anon, only to learn that I was expected to solve them myself. Al-Anon would provide the light to make it possible.
“This was sharply brought home to me at my second meeting. I told my horror story and ended my recital with a despairing, ‘What shall I do?’
“One member spoke up, ‘Do the dishes! Take a walk! Read a book! Start somewhere to unhook your mind from confusions, but don’t do anything about your problems until you can see them more clearly. You’ll change your way of thinking about them and the solutions will come.’
“This, to me, is the Al-Anon program in a nutshell! It kept me so busy that I had no time to wallow in misery any longer.”
TODAY’S REMINDER
I will not try to make important decisions until I have freed my mind from resentment, self-pity and hopelessness. Then I will be ready.
“With the serenity I find in Al-Anon many of my difficulties solve themselves without my help.”